I.to sew or stitch, to sew, join, or tack together (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: “quod (foramen) nisi permagnā vi sui non potest,” Cels. 7, 4, 3: “tegumenta corporum vel texta vel suta,” Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: “unius os sutum,” Flor. 4, 12, 36: “pellibus et sutis arcent male frigora bracis,” Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19: hi plerasque naves loris suebant, Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4: navis suta lino et sparteis serilibus, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. serilla, p. 340 fin. Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Rib.): “corticibus suta cavatis alvearia,” Verg. G. 4, 33: “pilea suta de caesis lacernis,” Stat. S. 4, 9, 24. — *
II. Trop.: “metue lenonem, ne quid suo suat capiti,” devise, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; cf. consuo, II. — Hence, P. a. as subst.: sūta , ōrum, n., that which is made of plates fastened together, mail, a coat of mail: “huic gladio perque aerea suta Per tunicam squalentem auro latus haurit apertum,” Verg. A. 10, 313: “magnorum aerea suta Thoracum,” Stat. Th. 3, 585: “latus omne sub armis Ferrea suta terunt,” id. ib. 4, 131.
